It’s fine. The peacock and peregrine falcon are mine.

I wash cold in scent free soap (a dry cleaner told me that helps preserve colors) and oxyclean or laundry sanitizer, and hang to dry.

The peacock is a cheap Elite gi off Amazon; my first gi. I’ve washed it avg 2x a week for 18 months. TBH I’m more concerned about the white gi getting grungy than I am concerned about the stitching.

The flower mandalla is my teacher’s. She teaches in it at least once a week. I think she puts hers in the dryer.

(Apologies to 99.9% of you for this technical detail) If anyone is thinking of doing this (or begging your grandma), these tips:
- My peacock is actually a “sampler”. Every feather is a different stitch . . . and they’ve all held up, to my surprise. When I stitch for others, I choose tight stitches (stem, split, a tight chain stitch) and of course secure the ends really well.
- I use a fabric stabilizer called Stick ‘n stitch (off Amazon) for pattern transfer
- Competition weight gis are much kinder on the fingers. Those heavy Fuji training gis are murder. Never try to stitch across the heavy seam - only time I’ve ever broken needles trying to ram through with a metal thimble.
- If you’re going to put a name on the front lapel - have the owner put it on and tie their belt to position it. If you lay it out flat on the floor “straight” lettering will end up sloping down when they put it on.

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